Photos of the Day: 3/10

Images from around the globe

A Crimean Tatar man prays at a mosque in Bakhchysarai, Ukraine, after the arrival of Russian troops in Crimea opened old wounds among the Tatars, who once again fear they will be unwelcome in their homeland. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

The Eiffel Tower is seen next to a flowering tree in Paris as Meteo France, the French national meteorological service, says this winter is the second mildest in the country since 1900. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

A woman climbs the steps to the Assumption Monastery of the Caves, an orthodox monastery carved out of a cliff, in Bakhchysarai, Ukraine. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Bangladeshi people hold candles as they pay homage to the victims of the 2011 earthquake and tsunami in Japan, in Dhaka, Bangladesh. The earthquake, tsunami and nuclear disaster known as 3.11 that killed 15,884 people and left 2,636 unaccounted for in vast areas of its northern coast. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Claudia Breidbach, right, demonstrates her bionic hand that is steerable by a mobile phone or iPod via Bluetooth to German Chancellor Angela Merkel, left, and British Prime Minister David Cameron during the opening day of the computer fair CeBIT in Hannover, Germany. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Oscar Pistorius covers his head with a handkerchief after he had reached for a bucket at his feet while listening to cross questioning about the events surrounding the shooting death of his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp, in his second week in court during his trial in Pretoria, South Africa. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

An exiled Tibetan activist with Tibetan flag tied to his face mask participates in a protest to mark the 55th anniversary of the failed uprising in the Tibetan capital Lhasa in 1959, in Bangalore, India. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Photos of the Day: 3/10

Oscar Pistorius covers his head with a handkerchief after he had reached for a bucket at his feet while listening to cross questioning about the events surrounding the shooting death of his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp, in his second week in court during his trial in Pretoria, South Africa. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS